After dinner, Cedric and Eleanor took a stroll on the side of the road. There was a silence between them.
"mhmm…hmmm…hmm" Cedric cleared his throat.
"My dad and sister got to know about the fact that I met your father. They were asking if we had decided on the marriage or not. If yes, they want to talk to your father in person to discuss the marriage date," Cedric said in a single breath.
Eleanor was starstruck at his words. She had a very brief discussion about this with Myna. She decided to think over it after some time. But right now, she didn't expect him to bring the topic over.
"I will think it over," Eleanor said, bringing back the awkward silence between them.
"What are your plans tomorrow?" he asked suddenly.
"I plan to go to the office and check things again. I want dad to take a break for a few days and work in his place," Eleanor said.
Cedric nodded at her words.
"Lunch with me tomorrow?" Cedric proposed.
Eleanor gave him a side look from the corner of her eye looking at him suspiciously.
"Hey, We can meet in your office itself if you are that wary. I will be obedient! I swear!" Cedric swore immediately when he saw her look.
Eleanor wants to chuckle at his actions but holds it back. "and?" she asked.
"I will be obedient. And the whole time I am with you I will treat you like the empress and I am the mere servant!" Cedric made a series of promises.
"I thought you wanted to have lunch with me. Looks like you don't want that? Sigh…. I will eat by myself," Eleanor said with a fake sad sigh.
"Hey! I said I wanted lunch!" he said hastily.
"Aww… but you said you would be obedient and act like my servant but you never said that you will get food and eat food with me, hmm?" she said as she raised her brows.
Suddenly Cedric had a feeling of getting played by her. Realizing the fact, he looked at her with narrowed eyes. "You are playing me!" he exclaimed. Sticking her tongue out at him, she ran away in an attempt to run away from his.
Laughing he started running after her. But this little rabbit thought she could outrun the big bad wolf that was running behind her. She was so wrong. Cedric almost caught her but that didn't stop her from running away. She slipped right under his nose. "Hey! Stop! I will catch you right away!" Cedric yelled as they ran.
The night breeze hit their bodies making their hair stand to it. But that didn't stop her from running away from him. They ran for tens of minutes finally catching up with each other. They both stopped at the side of the road catching their breath.
Looking at each other they both burst out into laughter. "Will you tease me?" he asked after calming himself.
Eleanor raised her brows and nodded at him. "I will tease you whenever I get the chance!" Eleanor said, sticking her tongue at him.
Cedric narrowed his eyes to her and caught her by her waist and started tickling her. Eleanor started to laugh at his tickling. "Will you tease me? Hmm?" he asked, continuing to tickle her.
"I will," she said laughing.
"Really? Look what I will do to you," he said and started tickling her rigorously. They both were unaware of the eyes that were secretly capturing their laughs and actions.
Eleanor couldn't cope anymore and started asking him to stop tickling her. "Stop! I won't do it anymore! Please! Cedric!" she yelled, but to no avail.
She was afraid her heart would stop laughing too much. "I LOVE YOU!!!" she yelled, making him freeze in his spot.
Taking that as a chance she stabilized herself and slipped from his grip.
Cedric was too shocked to process her words. He didn't expect her to say these words to him right now. His heart skipped a beat when he heard her words.
"Goddammit! Am I dreaming?!" he yelled.
Eleanor walked towards him, standing on her tiptoes she kissed him hard. Cedric was too shocked to respond again. She took the initiative to kiss him!
What!?
She took the initiative to kiss him!?
The first time she took the initiative in the bar and the second time in Jacob and Jessica's marriage. After that, she never took the initiative. Damn! God! This was amazing to him! His body screamed with joy and happiness. His heart bounced irregularly at her sudden actions.
He wanted to fly to the moon and get it for her. Ahh! What exactly was happening to him? He was sure that he was happy with her.
When he realized what was happening. He snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Running his hand from the small of her back to her head, he pushed her face further into his face. He smooched her lips. Even the wet sounds that came from their sounds didn't feel embarrassing to them. Because they couldn't hear any sounds apart from focusing on their kiss. All the world around them turned invisible. Only they both were there in their world. Cedric felt like it was his first kiss in his life again.
He wanted nothing but to want this moment to last longer. Concentrating on the kiss, he just let her lead the kiss again from the start. Eleanor messily entered his mouth with her tongue as she felt the urge to do so. She wanted to do nothing but kiss the hell out of him.
From the moment he proposed marriage, she felt like she was at the top of the world. But again… she felt something was missing. So, she decided to think over it and talk about it with her friend Myna.
Her stomach was twisting in knots the longer she was with him. To escape the torture that her heart was feeling, she decided to tease him. But his cute expressions only made it worse for her. So, she started running away in the name of teasing. When she couldn't take it anymore, she stopped and tried to catch up with her breath. And luckily Cedric said nothing to her till then.
She saw his sweaty body and his T-shirt stuck to his torse making her gulp as she watched. His hair turned messy due to all the running they did. Running his calloused fingers through his raven black silky hair making his already silky knots messier than before. He looked handsome.
[Oh! God! Save me from this seduction trap!]
[I just wanted to tear his shirt and have my way with him! Can I do that? Oh! God! Will it be considered as rape?] she couldn't help but think.
[Ahhh!! Why am I so perverted! Oh, the pervert inside me! Go away! Please!] She prayed to god.
[I am so proud of you! Ele! Keep it up! And rip his clothes insides not here. If not, everyone would ogle him! And… let the pervert inside you stay awake! I want to talk about it! Aww….] the chirpy devilish heart came into her mind buzzing her.
[Hey! I am a pervert!] the pervert version came out. It has a body of eggplant, it has eyes, nose, ears, and tongue.
[Oh! God! Why is there a new character in my life?] Eleanor cried streams of tears.
[Take care of her! And try to pounce on him!] her heart suggested the pervert version of Eleanor.
Eleanor couldn't take it anymore. She kicked both of them away from her mind and looked at him. That was the same time he locked his eyes with him.
She heard him saying, [Will you tease me again?]
"I will," she replied to him, raising her brows. And from all she knew was she was getting tickled by him. The heat which had stopped burning in the pits of her stomach started igniting again. And at the same time, she could not hold her laughter. She busted out in the peals of laughter. She was sure that onlookers were looking in their direction. But she didn't care as she felt something was twisting inside her. She needs to stop this! Yes! She needs to stop this.
No matter how much she begged him, he didn't let her go. So, she said I Love You. Indeed, she didn't plan to say that. But… those words left her mouth unintentionally.
Even she was stunned for that second. She wasn't sure what the feelings she had for him were. But she wanted to know them and name them. When she heard his shocking actions, she wanted to say that it was real but a lump formed on her throat.
Can she say these things out? Can she name her unknown and messy feelings? She knew whatever happened between them was abrupt and sudden. He would hers no matter what. She would take her time in naming them.
Before she knew what was going on in her mind, she had an urge to kiss him and she kissed him. Damngod! She kissed him!